Rudel's third straight win, Samuel takes the Dash 5K
Rachael Rudel took eight years off competitive running. At 32 she now has eight road podiums in 2026, the latest a third straight win at the Abbott Dash 5K in Central Park.
Races and results
Rudel wins Abbott Dash 5K in 15:35 for third straight win
Rachael Rudel won the Abbott Dash To The Finish 5K in 15:35, her third consecutive road win, per CITIUS MAG. David Monti says the 32 year old now has eight road podiums in 2026, four wins and a national title, after earlier wins at the U.S. 20K champs and the Boston 5K for Women.
This is a fun year
Samuel drops the field after mile 2, wins Dash 5K in 13:31
Habtom Samuel broke away just after mile 2 and won the Abbott Dash To The Finish 5K in 13:31, CITIUS MAG reports, in a race that usually comes down to a sprint. Edwin Kurgat was second in 13:38 and Amon Kemboi third in 13:40. David Monti says the race had a record 11,712 finishers.
How they train
Study: lifelong endurance athletes carry more coronary plaque
Brady Holmer flags the Master@Heart study, which compared 191 lifelong endurance athletes, 191 later starters and 176 non-athletes, all middle-aged men averaging about 56. The lifelong athletes were 1.86 times as likely to have at least one coronary plaque (fatty buildup in the heart's arteries), and 2.8 times as likely to have non-calcified plaque in the proximal arteries.
It is concerning? Maybe. Best to know your numbers.